Information Assurance Overview

This course provides an overview of security challenges and strategies of countermeasure in the information systems environment. Topics include definition of terms, concepts, elements, and goals incorporating industry standards and practices with a focus on availability, vulnerability, integrity, and confidentiality aspects of information systems. Major Instructional Areas 1. Information Systems Security fundamentals 2. Seven domains of a typical Information Technology (IT) infrastructure 3. Risks, threats, and vulnerabilities found in a typical IT infrastructure 4.Security countermeasures for combating risks, threats, and vulnerabilities commonly found in an ITare infrastructure 5. (ISC)2 Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP®) Common Body of Knowledge – SSCP® domains 6. Six domains of the CompTIA Security+ certification